[etoys-notify] [JIRA] Updated: (SQ-376) draft beta announcement

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Sun Sep 13 12:26:05 EDT 2009


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Bert Freudenberg updated SQ-376:
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    Priority: Blocker  (was: Normal)

This is not the point. It's not about the release notes.

Its about how to announce the 4.0 *Beta* gently to a mailinglist of people who never before had that done to them. We need to explain what a Beta even is, and encourage feedback, assure that nothing's going to break, etc. For the showcase we need them to give feedback and assure them we will try to address any important concerns, that this is not yet finished. Etc. pp.

I'd recommend the ToGo version for the less adventurous, because it leaves the previous installation in place. People who also want to test in the web browser need to download the real installer. 

What we must *not* do is send a message like this Freeze announcement which left people wondering: http://lists.squeakland.org/pipermail/squeakland/2009-September/004793.html Or maybe they have figured this was sent to the wrong mailing list and just ignored it. But we *want* them to participate. OTOH we must not overtax them, like in this message which was much too complex to elicit an answer: http://lists.squeakland.org/pipermail/squeakland/2009-September/004785.html

Sorry for picking on Tim's messages in particular, they are just recent examples of what we all do from time to time. No harm has been done except that we did not really get feedback, but I think we can and should be more sensitive to our audience (and I understand this may sound funny coming from me ;))

> draft beta announcement
> -----------------------
>
>          Key: SQ-376
>          URL: http://tracker.immuexa.com/browse/SQ-376
>      Project: squeakland
>         Type: Task
>   Components: general, website, etoys, education, showcase
>     Reporter: Rita Freudenberg
>     Priority: Blocker
>      Fix For: etoys 4.0 - summer 2009

>
>
> When releasing the new beta version of etoys we need to send an announcement to the squeakland mailing list. We want the members to know what is new in this version, what we expect them to test and how to test. We have to make sure that the process is understandable for the community, especially how to test the showcase.
> Let's start formulating the announcement here:
> http://wiki.squeakland.org/display/sq/beta+announcement  

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